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Los Gatos resident Adelyn Lau is an 11-year-old student at Rolling Hills Middle School who’s looking forward to performing on the biggest stage of her life to date. She's been working on her dance skills for several years, and now, she’s about to take part...

There’s no shortage of live entertainment for us to take in this time of year, from Jazz on the Plazz and Music in the Park to Chamber of Commerce street festivals. Los Gatos has a long history of outdoor summer entertainment. On June 21, 1919,...

More than 390 volunteers made yarn wigs for children battling with cancer and other medical hair loss conditions, as part of the Magic Yarn Project event held Oct. 20-21 in Saratoga. The yarn wigs are not only comfortable on tender bald heads, but allow these...

At 6pm Wednesday, this week’s Jazz on the Plazz will swing into action with The San Jose Jazz High School All Stars, followed by Ren Geisick and her band at 6:30pm. Geisick, who grew up in Los Gatos, says playing at Jazz on the Plazz...

The Friends of Los Gatos Library presented the Los Gatos Library with a ceremonial check donation for $87,300 on Aug. 1 for the fiscal year 2022-2023. This donation allows the library to run many of its community programs. The Friends of Los Gatos Library is a...

Warm season vegetables, or summer vegetables, can occupy a garden systematically. A few lingering cool season vegetables may continue production for a while. Warm season vegetable plants can replace them as they finish. Several warm season vegetable plants should start as early as possible....

Engine #2 was hot and smoky, as the engineer opened the cast iron door carefully. To kick-off this, its 120th birthday celebration—held Sunday at Oak Meadow Park—a small bunt cake was placed directly into its firebox. “Woo-hoo!” belched its steam whistle in satisfaction. On board for the...

There's plenty of stuff to do in the days ahead in and around Los Gatos... Beer & Wine Walk The Los Gatos Chamber of Commerce’s first-ever Los Gatos Beer & Wine Walk takes place downtown on Oct. 15 from 1-4pm. Local wineries and breweries will be...

Over the weekend, during the PGA AT&T Pro-Am in Pebble Beach, the Los Gatos Kiwanis ran the bar concession at the 9th hole at Spyglass. This was to raise money for local leadership clubs. That includes groups at Van Meter Elementary, Blue Hills Elementary, Daves Avenue...

What could be better than being outside, munching on gourmet foods and sipping fabulous wines under towering redwood trees, listening to cool jazz with musical greats, onstage and off? With the long-awaited summer lineup for Jazz on the Plazz now announced, it’s time to plan...